moose, semi and more

This is the "trash" I took from my childrens rooms against their will. They of course refer to this stuff as "treasures."



Pictures of them trying to cover the "get rid of" with their bodies

These two pictures are of moosy lucy, Nathalies pet moose that my mom picked up in AK. You may remember than Lucy was abducted once by a marauding dog, and she also lived through a tornado on the 3rd floor! Daddy rescued her shortly afterwards. Here she is listening to x mas music with nathalie and she honestly seems to be enjoying it. I think she is smiling at the camera in the lower picture... I know, I might be bent.

This is Tads semi truck, it has a cab, an inner part that comes out of the trailor and this is where turtle rides. Geico the Gecko (compliments of angela our friend in SC who visited) is the driver and the rhino rides in the back section that hooks on somehow, he is for protection and you can clearly see his revolver in the 1st picture.

Nathalie was sick yesterday morning, she woke me up and was throwing up. It didnt last long, she hadnt felt well during the night but the morning sickness was only a few hours. Mama Nikki in GA, our herbalist, was able to figure out which homeopathic she should take and shortly after she fell asleep for the afternoon and woke up fine. Wouldnt it be nice to "stay home sick" if you are homeschooled? This means mommy full time and a very comfortable couch and your pick of the movies, oh and a brother who was more than happy to clean up when she threw up, both her and the floor while I was out at the barn.

This was the morning before, we had a bit of snow and it was quite cold. I know he is white so its hard to see, this is frankie, Nathalie's snow baby. He has stick arms, pine cone mouth and eyes (tad scouted far and wide for little ones for her) and a carrot nose.

Lastly, while I was trying out some settings on my neat camera, which I am of course well versed on, I took this picture. Yes that was an awful run on sentence but this is MY blog not my english class. I was trying to find the best setting for my lighting but clearly should have cleaned up first. What a mess! And I honestly didnt even notice it until I saw this picture on my computer 2 days later.

You know you live in Ks

When 25 Degrees feels really warm.

When a still day makes you feel uneasy because you are so used to the wind.

When cleaning your face with sandpaper would be more comfortable than going outside with your face uncovered.

You can see everthing for 20+ miles and thats a short sight distance, its pretty hilly here... For Kansas

You can easily use the bathroom in your union suit, because learning that was way more comfortable than NOT wearing a union suit.

The most interesting spam snail mail is the grain and feed.

The mail man doesnt bother coming down your driveway unless you have mail, no need to check if I have any OUTGOING and my driveway IS the road.

Hearing gunshots in the middle of the night tells you what the locals are having for breakfast-squirrel.

Everyone you know outside of Ks thinks you live in a crappy state, WHAT???

When the wind sings you to sleep... this I love.

Not me monday

I have seen this on a friends blog several times and I believe I will tell you a few things I would not do and have not done.

I did not put on clean jeans this morning just to go out to the barn and get goat poop on them.

I did not put the bucket full of fresh clean milk down while I fed the chickens and my goat MOST DEFINATELY did not help herself to the entire 1.5 gallons!

I did not threaten to kill my cat (and mean it) for pooping downstairs again because she isnt pooping in the house daily since frank left.

I did not mark off any of the items from my to make list when they were not made. Because I WOULD not say nevermind people can do without my well made items.

I am not letting my children watch start wars when we should be schooling and I AM NOT drinking yesterdays coffee bc the coffee is gone because I did not forget to add it to my grocery list and definately didnt forget the grocery list at home last time I shopped.

We are not living out of laundry baskets rather than folded laundry in drawers.

I am not haunting my cell phone and email in case my husband calls, oh wait, yeah I am doing that one...

Left

This evening I walked in on a conversation my children were having, I rather thought it was something it wasnt...

"And Grandaddy, and now Angela!" Nathalie was finishing as I walked in.

"What are you talking about, people who visited us?" Me

"No," says Tad, "We are talking about people who leave us, or have left us recently." Oh how sad I thought, and yet they are being funny about it.

"First mama nikki, then Uncle Jacob and Aunt Tristin." Tad

"Then Daddy, grandaddy and now Angela." Nathalie says, we just dropped off our friend from SC at the airport and this was Angela.

"Next nana will come and aunt scarlett and uncle John and they will leave us also! Poor us..." Nathalie.

"Well, if they left us that means they came to visit us, we can be glad for that and Daddy is coming home quite soon to stay!" Tad

"Um, its not soon." Me

"Yes it is, 2 mo down nearly and only 10 months and 3 days to go before home! Thats sooner than when he left." Tad says, oh the optimism! I am glad they are waiting without misery.

Tad's Birthday

Tad is trying to tell me why I am doing this wrong... And he is right!


Tads birthday was Dec 5th, we are having his party in a couple of wks but we gave him his presents on his birthday. Angela (friend from SC) made his favorite pumpkin choco chip muffins and our homeschool friends came over. We bought him a unicycle, which he can already ride with minimal wall to hold onto!

He was super excited about his gift, we didnt manage to get the first OH MY GOODNESS look but he is really pleased.

He was inadvertently matched, all black and red with his coat, lined pants (homemade of course...) and boots. Then the unicycle is red and black! This is a wonderful toy for him, as Daddy rides a unicycle now Tad can learn in his absence and they can ride together when Daddy comes home. Tad is also learning juggling and hopes to "best" Frank at that!

Happy birthday Tad! I have loved these 8 yrs and plan to love the next many.

Christmas decorating

My friend angela is in from SC to visit us and helped us with our sad decorations. We bought some at a local store, it will take us a couple of years though to replace all the ones we had before the tornado.




I used the self timer on these pictures and I cant say they are great! I am working on it though... We moved the coffee table and plan on having frank on the computer using video chat on the day we do x mas.

Nathalie waving at daddy.

Tad put the x mas tree stand together, he worked very hard putting the screws into the stand for the tree trunk to sit against.

Mayday

I was on my way to the shower when I heard the kids in their rooms, they were playing some sort of pilot game which including an air fight.

"Babies, I have been hit! Babies we are taking rain! May day babies, may day!" Nathalie is crying out for help from her babies.

"Bring the rain boys, bring the rain! She has been hit, she is going down. Good job babies!" Apparently Tad is in on using the babies as their battle buddies as well!